Birds > Trogonidae & Trogons
Diard’s Trogon (Harpactes diardii) is a breathtaking, brightly colored forest bird inhabiting the rich lowland dipterocarp rainforests of Sundaic Southeast Asia. Named in honor of the 19th-century French naturalist Pierre-Médard Diard, this spectacular member of...
Reptiles > Cordylidae & Girdled Lizards
The Black Girdled Lizard (Cordylus niger) is a strikingly armored, completely melanistic reptile endemic to the rugged, wave-battered coastlines and mountains of South Africa’s Cape Peninsula. Clothed from snout to tail in pitch-black, heavily keeled scales,...
Mammals > Xenarthrans & Cingulata
The Southern Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus) is an extraordinary xenarthran native to the arid thorn forests and savannas of South America’s Gran Chaco. Unlike nearly all other armadillos that flee into burrows when threatened, this specialized...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Tomato Frog (Dyscophus antongilii) is an iconic Malagasy amphibian renowned for its plump, rotund silhouette and blazing crimson-orange coloration that resembles a ripe vine tomato. Endemic strictly to the humid lowlands bordering northeastern Madagascar’s...
